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Image	Name	Detail	File number	Level
	Old Telegraph Office 83a Ryrie Street,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B0257	The former Telegraph Station in Geelong was built in 1857-8 by builders Patterson and Bell, after the telegraph line between Melbourne and Geelong was constructed in 1854-5. It was the centre of communications for Geelong and district for many years. The building replaced two earlier telegraph stations, the first being a portable building, the second a brick office in McKillop Street, with business transferred to the building in Ryrie Street in July 1858. It is ... more	B0257	State
	Old Telegraph Office - Castlemaine Historic Area 208-210 Barker Street,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B0666	Sandstone telegraph station of 1857, the north wing demolished in 1893 and one wall of the remainder incorporated in the Faulder Watson Hall which, however, is not the subject of this Classification. (See B4893) Classified: 'Local' 20/081959 Revised: 03/08/1998 Part of Castlemaine Historic Area: Castlemaine grew as a result of the discovery of gold along Forest Creek in July, 1851. By December of that year the population on the field was greater than that of Melbourne. ... more	B0666	State

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Old Telegraph Office

83a Ryrie Street,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B0257

The former Telegraph Station in Geelong was built in 1857-8 by builders Patterson and Bell, after the telegraph line between Melbourne and Geelong was constructed in 1854-5. It was the centre of communications for Geelong and district for many years. The building replaced two earlier telegraph stations, the first being a portable building, the second a brick office in McKillop Street, with business transferred to the building in Ryrie Street in July 1858. It is ... more

B0257

State

Old Telegraph Office - Castlemaine Historic Area

208-210 Barker Street,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B0666

Sandstone telegraph station of 1857, the north wing demolished in 1893 and one wall of the remainder incorporated in the Faulder Watson Hall which, however, is not the subject of this Classification. (See B4893) Classified: 'Local' 20/081959 Revised: 03/08/1998 Part of Castlemaine Historic Area: Castlemaine grew as a result of the discovery of gold along Forest Creek in July, 1851. By December of that year the population on the field was greater than that of Melbourne. ... more

B0666

State